Monday, November 16, 2015
Eleanor and Park in the form of informational text
Eleanor and Park is a story about two high school students who fall in love. However, it is not the stereotypical characters that we have here. Eleanor is everything but cool in 1986: frizzy, curly, wild, red hair and seemingly no sense of style; Park is almost the epitome of cool without being painfully obvious as he has an "in" with the cool crowd but doesn't really take much stock in hanging out with them. Eleanor begins school in the middle of year, which is the worst time to be a new student. She is forced to sit next to Park on the bus because everyone has already staked out their seats and is the only one nice enough to offer the seat next to him. While these two seemingly polar opposites are destined to be anything but lovers, they slowly fall in love and bond over comic books. We get both of their thoughts on the situation along with small glimpses into their home and personal live which are not too pleasant, especially for Eleanor. As we get more pieces of the puzzle, we come to find out why Eleanor and Park are the way they are and what leads them to be attracted to each other.
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What kind of text is this? Not a list or summary? Description? Not definition--not comparison/contrast, although I thought it might start out that way? Not easy to tell--
ReplyDeleteTo me, this seems like a form of summary, or somewhat like a book review. You are giving us information about what the book is about without actually giving us a full summary. Actually, looking closer, this looks like something that would be on the back of a book in order to draw us in.
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